William H. Macy Quotes
Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad.
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Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
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Business today consists in persuading crowds.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show.
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When we're back home, I feel pretty domesticated.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors.
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There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
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If this is the end of the world, give me a fork and a knife.
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I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.
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I don't want to just add another DVD to the pile. So I think, 'Is this going to have an impact and some lasting value? Is it worth it for me to spend two years of my middle-aged life on this?' They're my criteria, and I think that's led me to more urgent projects.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment.
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I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
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In 1962, President Kennedy expanded an earlier trade embargo put in place by a predecessor, President Eisenhower, to a total economic blockade, which pushed the Cubans further in Moscow's direction.
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The immediate reviews were very hostile, but they didn't bother me-I had the attitude that I was right. The poor guys who were critics just didn't understand the works at all. I was sorry about that, but it didn't weigh on my mind a bit.
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Anonymity breeds meanness.
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I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height. I guess if I'd been able to hit somebody in the nose, I wouldn't have been a comic.
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I've had a very strange life. Whenever I've married, I've married for life. But things have gone desperately wrong.
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In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.
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Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad.
